Pattern i noticed in season 9
every episode has rick lose control of something, leading to him having the opportunity to turn out better, before he elects to throw it away and return to the status quo
ep 1: he loses his autonomy to evil morty, instead of trying to see the effects of his actions from another person he continues the cycle and gets him arrested
ep 2: he loses his memory and identity, turning into a genuinely better guy, even then he very slowly turns back into his old miserable self anyways
ep 3: he gets death punched and cant walk forward for being an asshole, instead of seeing how he was the cause of the whole situation he out-petties the guy by kicking his ass back
ep 4: he loses control of his house and alcohol supply because he decided to trick morty into emotionally relying on a robot, instead of changing he chugs 5 flasks at the end of the episode to show morty that hes willing to do this the easy way or the hard way
ep 5: he gets genuinely scared of the possibility of jerry getting a job since that would mean losing that aspect of his life, he then decides to find any place to get rid of the cause of jerrys success, selling it to the dog people he would normally give 0 shits about
ep 6: his head and body get separated and both turn out better for it, when morty and summer call him out on it he makes them hate the nice things in life
ep 7: hes stripped of his tech and forced to live in an ecosystem, learns thanks to morty that cooperation can save them, then abandons everyone else
ep 8: he gets infected with a sympathid and lets his real emotions peer through, he literally drinks the sympathid out by the end of the episode
ep 9: he gets high with beth and jerry and loses his intellect, letting him connect with everyone better emotionally, but then he only serves as a human shield and only cares about the high
ep 10: we finally see the life he couldve had if he gave up drinking, yet again he elects to return to the cycle and relapse
